The Sino-Japanese War was a bet between the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese national fortunes, and finally the Qing Dynasty lost, lost 200 million taels of silver, cut a lot of land, after this war, the Qing Dynasty immediately had a series of events such as the book on the bus and the change of law. The Sino-Japanese War was not necessarily the worst defeat of the Qing Dynasty, but it must have been the biggest blow to the Qing Dynasty, and this blow was twofold, both in terms of national strength and spiritual.
Judging from the situation at that time, the Qing Dynasty, a traditional agricultural country, could never defeat an industrialized Japan, but this did not prevent us from imagining that if the Qing Dynasty had won the Sino-Japanese War by chance, what would be the direction of Later Chinese history?
First of all, the life expectancy of the Qing Dynasty will certainly be extended for a period of time, because the book on the bus and the Penghu Reform Law will be postponed, the Qing Dynasty will take a longer time to realize that it is really not good, Cixi Lafayette will be more at ease with the drunken gold fans, the Westerners will fall into complacency, postpone the reflection of the whole country, and then the treaty is not to cut the land to pay compensation, but with the posture of the Qing Dynasty, how much better can this treaty be than the Sino-French New Covenant, how much can Japan lose and how much land? Could the Qing Dynasty blockade Japan with ships? If the Qing Dynasty does not hurry up and seek peace, can the Qing Dynasty Army still hold on to this short board?
Moreover, good luck will not come a second time, if the Qing Dynasty wins in the Sino-Japanese War, Japan will lose its qualification to compete with Tsarist Russia in the Liaodong Peninsula, the Russo-Japanese War will not happen, and instead it will be the Qing-Russo War.
In the Russo-Japanese War, the two modern countries of Japan and Russia fought a fierce battle, and Japan only won a greater victory on the sea, and on land, the Victory of the Japanese was actually a fierce victory. In this war, new weapons such as rapid-fire guns, machine guns, and carbines were used for the first time. If it was the Qing-Russo-Chinese War, could the Qing Army have these equipment?
If Tsarist Russia wins, they will steadily realize their yellow Russian plans, and there is great danger north of the Great Wall. At this time, Japan had already experienced a low salary and a taste of courage, and it would definitely take advantage of the weakness of the Qing Dynasty to launch a new round of attacks again. Do not doubt the determination of the Japanese, after the victory in the Sino-Japanese War, they regarded the intervention of the three countries as a great shame and humiliation, and it took 10 years of hard work to defeat Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.
Judging from the stubbornness of the Qing Dynasty, victory may not be a good thing for them, because they will not be awakened, and the whole end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century was an eventful autumn, the Qing Dynasty may be able to avoid the Sino-Japanese War, the "Qing-Russo War" but how to let them avoid the First World War? Instead of waking up late, it is better to wake up early and leave early, the qing dynasty's thinking has been very decayed, and it is good for the whole of China to make people realize this earlier.